FLINT, MI -- Lawyers hope to narrow down a list of potential jurors to about 80 by Thursday in the trial of suspected serial killer Elias Abuelazam, according to Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton.

The trial is for the death of Arnold Minor, who was stabbed to death on Aug. 2, 2010, on Saginaw Street near 12th Street.

Judge Judith Fullerton and attorneys will go through 115 questionnaires from potential jurors. From there they will either be dismissed or brought in for further questioning.

Abueleazam's attorney called the process "involved and detail-oriented."

"We are all working really hard to find a jury, we really are," he said. "It's the system trying to work."

Attorneys will again go over more questionnaires and question more potential jurors to whittle the list down.

Four Genesee County deputies surrounded Abuelazam, who was wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and light blue tie, looking every bit as large as when he was first arrested. He is estimated to be about 6'5'' and 280 pounds.

Three family members of Minor's were in the courtroom for some of the day. His mother carried her son's ashes with her as she has done for other proceedings.

Abuelazam is accused of going to a three-month long stabbing spree in the summer of 2010 that killed five and injured nine others.